Supporting the Troops

By Baxter

We cats can't stay away from Free Republic for long. Their idiocy is just so addictive.

And we've been visiting it a lot in the last few days, to see what, if anything, the Freeps had to say about First Lady Michelle Obama's visit to military families in Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

You know the one — when the soldiers and their families couldn't stop hugging her? Surely the Freeps, who vigorously laud and defend the armed forces at every opportunity, would have some reaction, we thought. After all, they're the right-wingers who say nutty things like, "It’s not right that our brave soldiers have to serve under a Kenyan-born Marxist Islamic usurper who releases terrorists from Gitmo."

Well, after a few false starts with Free Republic's search engine, we've finally unearthed some comments. Yes, there are the usual mean-spirited, knee-jerk bozos who accuse her of just using the visit as a PR stunt. And some really racist posts that aren't worth repeating.

And then there are these: "I cant [sic] ding her for any of this," and "Good for her. Much-needed attention from a prominent public figure."

Yes, we know it's only two. But it's a start.